- Title
- [Chinese military drawn out to salute the Ambassador on passing up the Grand Canal in Jiangsu].
- Creator
- Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
- Publication details
- [1793]
- Physical details
- 1 drawing : watercolour, ink and graphite ; sheet 32.1 x 48.9 cm, on support 35.7 x 54.8 cm
- Description
- Barges and sailing ships on a canal in the foreground, with groups of spectators and soldiers holding banners lined outside their tents on the banks at left. Pasted on mount with washlines and annotated in pencil on verso: 'A View of the Military on the Banks of the Canal, saluting the Ambassador, November 1793'.
- Place
- Jiangsu Sheng (China)
- Additional information
- Engraved in Staunton, Atlas, No. 18.
- Other persons
- Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, patron.
- Shelfmark
- Maps 8 TAB.c.8.83.
